As Africa’s Population Crosses 1.5 Billion, The Demographic Window Is Opening; Getting The Dividend Requires More Time And Stronger Effort.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 12, 2024(Story )On the World Population Day 2024, the United Nations’ Population Division released the 28th edition of official World Population Prospects (WPP) and forecast.
Women, Girls in Focus as AU, SADC Stress Financing Gender Data for Development.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 08, 2024(Story )African policymakers, gender experts, and development actors are calling on countries and the region to invest and collaborate more to finance the production and use of gender data to improve the lives of women and girls.
ECA urges African countries to adopt technological solutions to monitor their development strategies
Stories & Blogs ECAMay 01, 2024(Story )To bolster national planning activities, policymakers have been urged to embrace digital tools to foster greater transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness.
ECA’s Claver Gatete urges youth to raise their voice in shaping Africa’s development
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 26, 2024(Story )Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, has challenged African youth to raise their voice in shaping the future development of the continent ahead of the Summit of the Future.
Money is Power: Leveraging Finance to Strengthen Women’s Financial Resilience in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )Money makes the world go around, as they say. Conversely, the world stops if you do not have that resource.
In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
Stories & Blogs WHOApr 12, 2024(News )Health workers roll out immunization campaign aiming to reach one million people.
Malawi curbs cholera through enhanced outbreak control.
Stories & Blogs WHOApr 11, 2024(News )Malawi continues to record only sporadic cholera cases, with just an average of 10 cases a week as of January 2024 compared with close to 700 cases per week at the peak of the outbreak in January 2023
ECA to train trainers to improve women’s digital expertise in Tunisia
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )The ECA gender equality and women empowerment section is holding on 4-7 September in Tunis a national workshop on the “Digital upskilling of women and girls in Tunisia”.
3rd Edition of the NTA Africa Conference: Focus on Demographic Dividend, Generational Economics and Sustainable Development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA), in partnership with the NTA Africa Network via its Secretariat, the Regional Consortium for Research in Generational Economy (CREG), the Population
Off-track cervical cancer progress risks 70 000 deaths every year in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 31, 2023(News )About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention.